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Tonight, residents and visitors on Caye Caulker are doing their best to distribute a limited supply of potable water, amid a crisis situation where there is a severe shortage of water from the utility company. It has been two and half days since a shaft broke down at the water treatment plant and things on […]
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To make matters worse on La Isla Cariñosa, there have also been intermittent power outages on the island. On Monday, sometime after five p.m., there was an emergency outage which affected the southern portion of Caye Caulker between eighty-forty-five p.m. and one a.m. According to a released issued by the company, the temporary loss of […]
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While work is underway to refill a hundred fifty thousand gallon water reservoir in Caye Caulker, Belize Water Services Limited is still sending out water trucks via barges to the island, to distribute, as well as replenish its supply. Dave Pascascio, Operations Manager, B.W.S.L. “Yesterday when we sent out the first barge of water, […]
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The effect that the shortage is having on local tourism on the island cannot be understated. While BWS is aware of that issue, Operations Manager Dave Pascascio explains the process of procuring a new shaft. Dave Pascascio, Operations Manager, B.W.S.L “We understand the time of the year, we understand the number of people on […]
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A Belize City resident was arraigned in the Belmopan Magistrate’s Court today for the murder of Densmore Bowman. Bowman, a thirty-four-year-old Belmopan resident had been reported missing back in November. His decomposing body was later discovered on the George Price Highway almost three weeks later on December sixteenth; he had been hacked to death and […]
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Two brothers have been charged for attacking and chopping Genaro Martinez and Patricio Kuylen on Sunday morning in Bullet Tree Village, Cayo. Police say that eighteen-year-old B.D.F. soldier Rony Hob and twenty-eight-year-old Ryan Hob committed the crime. They are charges of grievous harm, aggravated assault, and wounding. Martinez and Kuylen told police that they were in […]
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We are in the last few hours of 2019, and about to enter the New Year. So far, there have been more than one hundred and thirty homicides across the country. That’s the unofficial figure and the police department is expected to release the official number in early 2020. Since Commissioner of Police Chester Williams […]
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In 2019, we saw heinous and unbelievable murders. The official number of murders has yet to be determined and will be released in 2020 but by our count, it is dangerously close to 2018’s murder count which is a hundred and forty-four. The majority of the murders in 2019 were caused by three main elements: gang […]
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And with a few hours to go before 2019 comes to an end, the police department will be out in full force with an objective to keep the murder count and other crimes stagnant. The government sponsored Christmas anti-crime campaign will continue across the country and Commissioner Williams says that known criminals will be monitored […]
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The Baptist family from the Police Street area in Belize City is up in arms tonight after police officers barged into their houses just after six this morning. The officers were reportedly looking for drugs and by the time they had concluded the search, Denise Flowers says that they came up empty-handed. That did not […]
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In her interview, Denise Flowers says as a law abiding citizen, she is asking for Commissioner of Police Chester Williams to intervene in what she says may have an adverse effect on peace and tranquillity in the area. Denise Flowers, Claims Police Harassment “Mister Chester have to do something to ih police dehn cause […]
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For some, 2019 was filled with laughter, joy and success, for others it was tainted with sadness, deaths, and failures. But as the year starts anew, Belizeans across the country will be setting goals for 2020. Listing New Year’s resolutions have been a tradition around the world where someone pledges to achieve a certain goal […]
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The Court of Appeal today handed down a ruling, upholding the Chief Justice’s 2016 ruling on Section Fifty-Three. Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin ruled that Section Fifty-Three of the Belize Criminal Code, which criminalized ‘carnal intercourse against the order of nature,’ contravened the constitutional rights to dignity, equality before the law, privacy, freedom of expression and […]
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According to Orozco, Section Fifty-Three of the Criminal Code is a law which discriminates on the basis of sex and is void to that extent. He says that the ruling shows the strength of strategic approaches to communication and community mobilization used across the Caribbean. Caleb Orozco, Executive Director, UNIBAM “In the decision in […]
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With Section Fifty-Three being struck down by the Supreme Court and with the Court of Appeals reaffirming the Chief Justice’s ruling, what other LGBT issues are there? Well, there is gender identity and marriage equality. Around the world, members of the LGBT have been challenging the status quo and according to attorney Lisa Shoman, Belize […]
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Trial finally began today for the group of men accused of participating in the September ninth, 2018 landing of a drug plane in Tres Leguas, near Blue Creek in the Orange Walk District. That group includes former Commander of the Orange Walk Police Formation Superintendent David Chi and Police Constable Norman Anthony, along with two […]
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Sixteen-year-old Chantuse Martinez died on Saturday night after being hospitalized for more than a month for gunshot injuries. Martinez and her boyfriend Mervin Martin were shot while near the entrance of Martin’s residence on Antelope Extension, Belize City. On November twenty-fourth, a lone gunman crept up on them, firing a barrage of bullets. One-year-old Melanie Martin who […]
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Social media was abuzz over the weekend, following a leaked memo from within the Belize Police Department. It prompted commentary from various sectors that the department was ramping up its level of profiling. Earlier this year, residents were up in arms when police officers began intercepting people and photographing them as part of the stop […]
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Commissioner of Police Chester Williams says that it’s a strategy being implemented by the department in the wake of a number of missing persons being abducted and taken to isolated areas to be murdered. Here’s how he explains it. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “Over the past years, we have had a number of […]
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ComPol Chester Williams says that law-abiding citizens do not have to concern themselves with the procedure because the department knows who the transient criminals are. Chester Williams, Commissioner of Police “The checkpoints are not being done or will not be done in such a way that it will impede the free movements of our […]
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A new decade begins on January first, and while many are preparing to bid 2019 adieu, many more are looking ahead to the start of a new year. On Sunday morning, Belizeans across the country wagered on 2020 as the winning jackpot or single number in the lottery draw and it’s safe to say that […]
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While the exact number of winners and total payout are still being calculated, it is not likely that any tax will be applied to individual earnings, unless, of course, you’ve won ten thousand dollars and over. Isani Cayetano “You may not be able to divulge specific numbers, but is there a way to figure […]
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Residents of Caye Caulker continue to experience an extended water shortage, following a shutdown of the island’s reverse osmosis water treatment plant on Sunday morning. As a result, the hundred and fifty thousand gallon water storage has been depleted. At around eleven a.m., a main drive shaft which had only just been installed on Christmas […]
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While many of you are rejoicing with Sunday’s lottery draw, there is one man who is struggling to keep a smile on his face. Tonight, we bring you the story of sixty-seven-year-old Aalan Caseries, a resident of Sandhill Village. For the past two weeks, Caseries has been living in a broken-down house. He spent Christmas […]
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Will charges be levied against Jumoke Castro, the son of Transport Minister Edmond Castro, for a vile social media post made against the News Director of Plus TV in Belmopan? Shasta Wade, the wife of Pastor Louis Wade, has made an official report to the police department and is seeking recourse in the case of […]
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